The minister spoke in Lagos at a town hall meeting organized to brief the public on the activities of the government in the last 11 months.

He said the President was not embarking on the trips just for the fun of it, stressing that some of them were already yielding results for the progress of the country.

In his words;

When the President assumed office, the problem at that time was how to get the confidence of neighbouring countries to support the war on terror. So, what the President did was to travel to Chad, Cameroun and other neighbouring countries to seek a joint coalition, and now we can all see the results the country is recording against Boko Haram.

The minister also explained that some of the President`s trips to certain Western countries were at the invitation of these nations because they were moved by Buhari’s impressive credentials and goodwill.

The minister listed the United States, the United Kingdom and France as some of the countries whose leaders invited Buhari, based on his goodwill.

On Buhari’s recent trip to China, Onyeama disclosed that the purpose of the trip was to attract the much-needed investments in agriculture, solid minerals, as well as other important sectors of the economy. He added that in the face of falling oil prices, the country needed to diversify the economy and seek partnerships to strengthen it. Onyeama said the trip was successful as it yielded investment commitments from the Chinese government and investors.

We are in an era of globalization and that means that we can go to any part of the world to seek opportunities. The visit to China does not mean we have gone East, it only means we can seek partnership in any part of the world.

He said the Federal Government was committed to make Nigeria a strong voice in Africa and the rest of the world, and that the foreign policy of the present administration was to make the county a major player in the comity of nations.

E never travel reach some people god just in case they don get amnesia, I fit compile the list for them plus e no dey travel with 114 people and stay n Waldof Astoria. At least na him be first presido wey dem ask wether he still get more delegates coming cos the number of people went from like 60 to 9, not to talk of the wifey wey dey fly with almost all the market women in Naija. The truth is when ‘hate’ is involved, dementia happens to be their excuse.

Olabisi Ajala Buhari! So many of his trips could easily have been undertaken by a minister or the VP – if at all. And while we are struggling for fuel, our self-anointed Minister of Petroluem have probably spent enough fuel gallivanting around the world to meet Lagos’ fuel needs for at least a month. Let’s not even begin to talk about electricity and the virtual progrom that the so-called Fulani “herdsmen” are conducting these days. Pretty sure he will be traveling again before I finish typing this. SMH